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红

hóng

HSK 2 Character Traditional 紅

What 红 means

1. red
2. popular
3. revolutionary
4. bonus

Other readings

红 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gōngused in {女红|nu : 3 gōng}
• Hóngsurname Hong

Example sentences

• 她脸红了。
  Her face turned red.
• 你脸红了。
  You are blushing.
• 卖红酒吗？
  Sell wine?
• 他的脸红了。
  Tā de liǎnhóng le.
  The man blushed.
• 喝杯红茶吗？
  How about a cup of tea?
• 树叶变红了。
  The leaves of the trees have turned red.

Words starting with 红

• 红包hóng bāomoney wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment; kickback
• 红色hóng sèred (color); revolutionary
• 红楼梦Hóng lóu MèngA Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹
• 红旗hóng qíred flag
• 红卫兵Hóng wèi bīngRed Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
• 红军Hóng jūnRed Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA; (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946)
• 红灯hóng dēngred light
• 红叶hóng yèred autumnal leaves
• 红火hóng huǒprosperous
• 红颜hóng yána beautiful woman; young beauties; youths
• 红尘hóng chénthe world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs
• 红茶hóng cháblack tea
• 红烧hóng shāoto braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown
• 红豆hóng dòuazuki bean; red bean
• 红花hóng huāsafflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
• 红绿灯hóng lǜ dēngtraffic light; traffic signal
• 红薯hóng shǔsweet potato
• 红润hóng rùnruddy; rosy; florid
• 红星hóng xīngred star; five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat; hot film star
• 红领巾hóng lǐng jīnred neckscarf; by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers
• 红线hóng xiànred line
• 红肿hóng zhǒnginflamed; red and swollen
• 红晕hóng yùna reddish flush on the face (as from emotion, health or exertion)…
• 红木hóng mùred wood; mahogany; rosewood

Words containing 红

• 西红柿xī hóng shìtomato
• 分红fēn hóngdividend; to award a bonus
• 脸红liǎn hóngto blush; to redden (with shame, indignation etc)
• 通红tōng hóngvery red; red through and through; to blush (deep red)
• 大红dà hóngcrimson
• 粉红色fěn hóng sèpink
• 鲜红xiān hóngscarlet; bright red
• 粉红fěn hóngpink
• 口红kǒu hónglipstick
• 走红zǒu hóngto become popular; to be a hit; (of a person) to be in luck; to have a run of good fortune
• 发红fā hóngto turn red; to blush; to flush
• 火红huǒ hóngfiery; blazing
• 曾庆红Zēng Qìng hóngZeng Qinghong (1939-), vice-president of PRC 2003-2008
• 涨红zhàng hóngto turn red (in the face); to flush (with embarrassment or anger)
• 面红耳赤miàn hóng ěr chìflushed with anger (or excitement)
• 眼红yǎn hóngto covet; envious; jealous
• 萧红Xiāo HóngXiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang
• 五星红旗wǔ xīng hóng qífive-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
• 灯红酒绿dēng hóng jiǔ lǜlanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking…
• 桃红táo hóngpink
• 绯红fēi hóngcrimson; scarlet
• 紫红色zǐ hóng sèred-purple; mauve; prune (color)
• 殷红yān hóngdark red
• 泛红fàn hóngto blush; to redden; flushed

Characters built on 工

These share the phonetic component 工 (gōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 空kōngempty; air; sky
• 功gōngmeritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 贡gòngto offer tribute; tribute; gifts
• 攻gōngto attack; to accuse; to study
• 巩gǒng(bound form) to fix in place; to make firm and secure
• 虹hóngrainbow
• 汞gǒngmercury (chemistry)
• 讧hòngstrife; disorder; rioting

Characters that look like 红

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 妇fùwoman
• 纽niǔto turn; to wrench; button
• 奴núslave
• 纵zòngvertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. zōng); from front to back; longitudinal…
• 杠gàngcoffin-bearing pole (old); thick pole; bar; rod; thick line
• 驭yùvariant of 御; to drive; to manage

Sounds the same

Read hóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 虹rainbow
• 洪flood; big; great
• 宏great; magnificent; macro (computing)
• 鸿eastern bean goose; great; large
• 弘great; liberal
• 闳big; gate
• 泓clear; vast and deep; classifier for a body of clear water
• 浤sound of water surging
• 竑large; to estimate
• 翃to swarm (of insects)
• 纮cord for hat; vast
• 黉school